Very Vault

Leaving home in the grey overcast sky it was an act of faith (aided by a little research) that we headed to Vault Bay where we arrived just as it brightened up and was nicely flyable :))

Big G and Andy R had already flown Para's but  with the wind increasing they got pinned so it was time to break out the hangies.  Big g was soon off on his Wills Wing falcon having fun whilst the rest of us rigged.  By the time the tandem hangy was rigged the wind had eased a little so i nipped up on the Delta to suss it out ....... well kind of six of one half a dozen of the other.

Maia flies high on the Paraglider over a sunny Vault Bay

Maia and her family arrived with Maia hoping to come up for a 14th Birthday celebration flight.  With conditions varying from hangy to para we got all set to go on the Hang Glider and Phil L kindly volunteered to check out conditions on his Wills Wing Sport 2.  He looked good for a bit but by the time we were ready on launch with the Tandem he was looking a lot lower!  frustratingly we carried back as Phil descended to the beach where he performed a first class approach and landing in not the easiest of circumstances.  To be fair he was soon joined by Andy r and Wyn on their Paragliders which tells a story.

The tandem flies by as Wyn air's his armpits after a long walk .........

So with a change of plan we broke out the Paraglider and it was not long before Maia was up in the air enjoying the views and the feeling of free flight whilst her family looked on.  Still conditions played tricks with us having to work the lift to stay up before having more lift than we knew what to do with, strange at it was always smooth.   Maia did a fine job making the flight a pleasure and resulting in a super landing back on top, well done.

Coming back in on top to round off Maia's flight

Next up was Yan who was also celebrating his Birthday (40th) and once again conditions were varying  but once again we had a fine time varying from scratching to high flying giving Yan plenty of time to get the feeling of Paragliding along with flying the glider himself.  A lull in the lift saw us scurrying for a landing which we popped in just in time  before the lift disappeared once again.

The rest of the day carried on the same with the trick being  to pick your slot which sam a and myself did nicely resulting in what i believe is the smoothest ever flight I have ever had very spooky.

So fun day all round and great to have two birthdays in one, (ok Maias was actually the day before but still pretty unusual).

Maia

Quote of the day "there's loads of lift .........."